House Bill No. 5111
House Bill No. 5111
PUBLIC ACT NO. 97-150
AN ACT CONCERNING VETERANS' HEADSTONES AND PAYMENT
FOR CERTAIN RELATED SERVICES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 27-119 of the general statutes is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
thereof:
When the grave of any person who, in time of
war, served in the military or naval forces of the
English colonies in America, prior to 1776, or the
grave of any veteran, which is located in this
state, is unmarked by a suitable headstone, or is
marked by a bronze marker erected by this state,
the commissioner shall, upon application MADE NOT
LATER THAN TWO YEARS AFTER THE DEATH OF SUCH
VETERAN OR TWO YEARS FROM THE INTERMENT OF THE
REMAINS OF SUCH VETERAN FROM ABROAD, provide
payment for the costs of erecting headstones
provided by the federal government and shall
furnish transportation costs, where none are
provided, for said headstones from the nearest
destination point to which the federal government
will deliver such headstones, to the gravesite,
PROVIDED SUCH PAYMENT IS REQUESTED NOT LATER THAN
ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF THE APPROVAL OF SUCH
APPLICATION. The expense of transportation and THE
erection OR INSTALLATION of such headstone TO AN
AMOUNT NOT EXCEEDING AN AMOUNT PRESCRIBED BY THE
COMMISSIONER, shall be paid by the Comptroller.
Approved June 25, 1997